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{{short description|Home visiting services for young children in the United States}}
===Overview===▼
===History=== ▼
[[Home care|Home visiting]] programs for families with [[Early childhood|young children]] have received [[Federal government of the United States|Federal government]] support in the United States. A range of programs have been implemented, with evaluation of their effectiveness in terms of health, social and educational outcomes.
===Purpose of Enactment===▼
The purpose of federal funding is to identify the most effective early childhood home visiting programs and strengthen them with standards that will produce measurable and efficient outcomes. As of October 2013, 17 states have introduced 32 bills on Home Visiting Programs before legislature, Beginning September of 2010, Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded grants to states to develop and implement an early childhood home visitation program to promote <ref name="ncsl_b">http://www.ncsl.org/documents/health/NCSLVisitGrants.pdf</ref>.▼
In 2010, the federal [[Affordable Care Act]] initiated the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program that allocates $1.5 billion over five years to states that voluntarily provide families with young children with evidence-based home visiting programs. It aims to establish a positive and improved outcome in health, education, and reduced [[child abuse]] in families. Home visiting has already been in practice in every state.<ref name="ncsl_a">Tweedle, Mark. National Conference of State Legislature. [http://www.ncsl.org/documents/cyf/HomeVisitingPPT.pdf Home Visiting Power Point]. Retrieved Oct 20, 2013.</ref>
▲The purpose of federal funding is to identify the most effective early childhood home visiting programs and strengthen them with standards that will produce measurable and efficient outcomes. As of October 2013, 17 states have introduced 32 bills on Home Visiting Programs before legislature
1. Improvements in maternal and prenatal health,
2. Infant health,
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5. School readiness in child abuse, neglect and injuries.
Several national Home Visiting Programs have developed and attained standards for successful training and home visiting cases for home visitors as well as for the program supervisors. States and local programs may use these models to establish a program but some local programs also may customize and tailor their programs according to their local needs by utilizing local resources and institutions. Local programs may follow some of elements from the national programs and integrate them, which create varieties of practice models, depending on the needs and availability of the local communities. The local models may not have evidence of consistent outcomes.
# Early Head Start – Home Based Option
# Family Check Up
# Healthy Families America (HFA)
# Healthy Steps
# Home Instruction
# Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
# Parents as Teachers (PAT)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://parentsasteachers.org/resources/federal-home-visiting-program
There are other programs also in review for federal approval. When states apply and are granted of the federal funds, federal legislation provides guidelines on how to specifically distribute the money. For example, at least 75% of the funds must be apportioned on programs that follow one of the approved home visiting models. The rest of the money may be allocated for “promising
Home visitors are trained professionals who focus on early childhood and maternal health; they may be nurses, social workers, or early childhood specialists with additional training. Their scope of practice includes, but is not limited to, children and maternal health, parenting and family education, child abuse and neglect. Home visitors provide education and resources to parents in multiple layers, such as educating on normal trajectory of early childhood, identifying abnormal development or modifying problematic behavior, offering referrals to community resources, such as Medicaid, job training, employment services, or food assistance. They also provide mental health counseling to parents who may have substance abuse, or maternal depression. ▼
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▲Home visitors are trained professionals who focus on early childhood and maternal health; they may be nurses, social workers, or early childhood specialists with additional training. Their scope of practice includes
Home visiting services aim to support families who are most disadvantaged, or at risk. This population includes first time parents, low-income parents, single or teen parents, as well as parents with substance abuse or addictions, or mental health issues such as maternal depression.
==Benefit==
===Evidence-based practices===
[[Evidence-based practice]] means that there has been a set of standards of practices established from clinically proved trials and
===Evidence===
Quality practices offered by well-trained home visitors in Home Visiting Programs have been shown to be effective in these areas: lower number of low [[birth weight]] babies, 50% decrease in child abuse or neglect, 25% increase in reading and math test grades in 1-3 grades, 60% increase in high school graduation rate
== Cost==
===Federal
Social Security Act, Title V, Section 511 (42 USC 711)<ref>{{cite web|title=Home Visiting|url=https://mchb.hrsa.gov/maternal-child-health-initiatives/home-visiting-overview|publisher=Maternal and Child Health Bureau}}</ref> states to conduct a statewide assessment on needs of the at-risk population to be eligible for the grant award. It also requires states to achieve “quantifiable, measurable improvements” on the five areas of family life, listed above. HHS appropriates $100 million for fiscal year 2010, $250 million for FY 2011, $350 million for FY 2012, $400 million for FY 2014. 3% of available funding is reserved to fund Indian Tribes.<ref name="ncsl_b" />
===Responsibility of States===
States also must file a report to the Secretary of HHS on the progress of the program, which must show improvements on at least four areas at the end of the first three-year period. HHS holds authority to terminate the grant to any states that fail to comply or demonstrate improvements. A final report must be submitted to HHS, no later than December 31, 2015
==Bibliography==
* [http://www.ncsl.org/research
[[Category:Healthcare in the United States]]
▲http://www.ncsl.org/research /human-services/child-care-and-early-education-legistation-database.aspx
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